July 01, 2008

The Chief Executives of all
Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks

Dear Sir,

Please refer to our letter DBS.CO. FrMC BC No. 2 /23.04.001/2007-08 dated July 02, 2007 forwarding therewith Master Circular on 'Frauds – Classification & Reporting'. It may be noted that the Master Circular consolidates and updates all the instructions issued during the year since the date of the last Master Circular dated July 02, 2007. The Master Circular also incorporates instructions contained in certain clarifications issued by RBI to banks during the course of the year. The Master Circular has been updated as on June 30, 2008 and has been placed on the web-site of the Reserve Bank of India (www.rbi.org.in).

Yours faithfully,

(P. K. Panda)
Chief General Manager